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    genre that originated in the United States in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Origionally‚ a version of gospel‚ soul was the major black musical form of the 1960’s and 70’s and remained evident in various hybrid styles since‚ for example‚ neo-soul and soul jazz. It combines elements of African- American gospel music‚ rythem and blues and often Jazz. It was used to signify music with a greater sense of authenticity and sincerity. In the 1960’s as the genre developed‚ soul was a merger of gospel style singing

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    LSD and Politics in the 1960’s Joseph Archer The 1960’s: A Global Counter Cultural Movement Fall 2014 Lysergic acid diethylamide‚ more commonly known as LSD or acid is a powerful hallucinogenic drug that fascinated a generation of Americans during the 1960’s. LSD was first discovered by Albert Hofmann accidently in 1938 while he was looking for a blood stimulant. In 1943 Hofmann would discover the psychedelic effects of the drug by accidentally consuming some in his lab. While the discovery

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    Food of the 1960’s In the United States‚ the 1960’s was a wry decade molded by conforming tradition and radical change. Culinary wise alone is a dramatic play with a backstory for every dish. WWII rationing was a distant memory and 50’s casseroles had become old and boring. The 1960’s encouraged showy‚ complicated food with heavy French influence (Julia Child‚ Jacqueline Kennedy)‚ suburban devotion (backyard barbecues)‚ vegetarian curiosity (Frieda Caplan) and ethnic cuisine (soul

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    Macro-economics TOPIC Business Cycle of Pakistan 1960-1969 MBA 2nd Morning SUBMITTED TO: DR. MUHAMMAD RAZZAQ ATHAR SUBMITTED BY: Samad A. Pirzada (12-ARID-1566) Introduction The path of economic growth for any country depends on a number of factors including structural changes in the economy‚ natural calamities‚ political instabilities‚ global recessionary trends‚ self-feeding business cycles‚ etc.‚ and the combined effect of all these factors is most commonly

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    “Postmodern Dance and Its Influences on Partner Dance in the 1960s and 1970s” The 1960s were a time of great change in America that led into the 1970s where even more changes continued to take place. President Kennedy in the early 1960s brought many new programs to the country; one of them was the Peace Corps. His assassination in 1963 caused turmoil across the country. The next president‚ Johnson‚ brought this country the War on Poverty and at the same time America’s involvement in Vietnam

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    Racism is a topic that has faced out of most politicians debate. In the 1960s‚ the delegations for most politicians are Civil Rights. It was a topic that was affecting America’s society. African Americans were tired and frustrated waiting for a leader to do justice. Dr. King was a man very involved with politics. Dr. King was recognized for his nonviolent movement and relationship with political leaders such as John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Dr. King’s movement was not criticized as much

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    During the 1960s the black society began to revolt to fight for its rights. This was caused by the change in the mentality of the younger generation of the American society. The young generation considered the blacks to hold an equal position to the whites in the society‚ and narrow the racial gap. Flannery O’Connor successfully portrays the generation gap in America during the 1960s in her short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge". Julian represents the young generation of that time‚ trying

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    Pursuit of the African American Identity: The American Cinema in 1960 The horror genre in the late 1960’s was booming in the film industry‚ with an abundance of social and racial issues. The majority of the social issues were predicated on the unequivocal civil rights among African Americans and Caucasians. The race of the cast in films began to change over the course of this decade‚ as the number of black actors increased exponentially. The majority of critics and historians in this genre attribute

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    Women’s liberation movement of the 1960’s Imagine what the life of a woman was before the 1960’s. The life that she had called her own was beyond far from perfect‚ and this was just behind closed doors. These ladies were denied of what basic rights they had‚ they were then trapped in a home that they created not just for themselves‚ but also for their family‚ and not to even mention the discrimination that they faced in the workplace. Then‚ here come the 1960’s in full swing‚ these women could then

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    During the 1960s‚ there was a lot of major changes that occur across the United States. It was time where people started to question their rights and privileges. It was also a time where people started to stand up for equality and got tired of living in a place of fear. In 1963‚ president John F. Kennedy was assassinated and this event change the country’s perspective‚ and started to stir up the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The decade of the 1960s is one of the most controversial decades

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